Final Four In The Lokhalle

...in case you didn't see it on FibaEurope yesterday...

FIBA Europe announced on Wednesday that the 2010 EuroChallenge Final Four will be staged in Göttingen, Germany between April 30 and May 2.

Hosts BG Göttingen will take on Roanne Basket from France and Russian outfit Krasnye Krylia play against Scavolini Pesaro from Italy in the two semi-finals.

"We are happy to come to Germany for one of our events for the first time in many years," commented FIBA Europe President George Vassilakopoulos.

"I am sure that Göttingen will be a formidable host and their Lokhalle will provide a special atmosphere, suitable for a European Final Four."

"Göttingen have a strong tradition in Germany and have proven throughout the year that they are a very professional organisation that will put a lot of effort into their EuroChallenge campaign" added FIBA Europe Secretary General Nar Zanolin.

"I am looking forward to seeing four determined teams meeting in the heart of Europe to become the EuroChallenge champion."

The city of Göttingen in the German state of Lower Saxony is famous for its Georg August University that has seen a total of 44 nobel price winners.

It is also a traditional basketball stronghold in Germany and Göttingen fans are said to be among the most enthusiastic in Europe.

The exact times and order of the games will be announced later as the television agreements are currently being finalized.

Find out more about the EuroChallenge Final Four on www.fibaeurope.com.

...and No this is not an April Fool's Day joke...at least I hope it's not...

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MEG Gottingen vs. Lokomotiv Kuban 92-71

Goettingen continued Lokomotiv slow start in EuroChallenge as they beat them 92:71. The German side improved to 3-1 in Group A, while the Russian squad fell at 0-4. The hosts opened the game with 30-19 and added 22-15 in the second period. Goettingen nailed 20 points each in the last two quarters for the total success. Dwayne Anderson paced all the winners with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Taylor Rochestie and Christopher McNaughton followed him with 14 apiece. Joksimovic Nebojsa and Vladovic Jakov responded with 15 points each in the losing effort.

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LOKOMOTIV KUBAN (Coach: Filipovski, Saso)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
6	Capin, Aleksandar	35	1-3	0-6	0-0	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	2
23	Joksimovic, Nebojsa	32	2-3	2-9	5-8	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	15
15	Green, Gerald	31	1-5	3-5	0-0	0	6	6	3	2	0	2	11
12	Gist, James	27	2-5	1-3	2-2	0	2	2	1	2	1	0	9
11	Dragojlovic, Vladislav	20	4-7	0-0	0-2	3	5	8	0	4	0	3	8
5	Vladovic, Jakov	21	3-4	2-4	3-4	1	1	2	7	4	0	0	15
25	Sheleketo, Maksim	15	1-1	2-4	0-0	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	8
14	Savenkov, Aleksandr	15	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
13	Krivosheev, Maxim	6	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2
7	Vzdyhalkin, Aleksei	DNP - Coach's Decision
9	Dubovitskiy, Victor	DNP - Coach's Decision
24	Surovtsev, Aleksei	DNP - Coach's Decision
Total			15-29	10-31	11-18	6	17	23	17	18	4	5	71

MEG GOETTINGEN (Coach: Patrick, John)

			Field Goals			Rebounds
#	Name	min	2pm-a	3pm-a	ftm-a	off	def	tot	ast	pf	st	bs	pts
10	Rochestie, Taylor	34	3-11	2-4	2-3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	14
22	Anderson, Dwayne	31	6-8	1-4	6-7	6	4	10	2	4	1	1	21
21	Boone, Jason	20	6-10	0-0	1-1	8	7	15	1	3	0	1	13
11	Little, John	17	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	5
23	Oliver, Chris	17	2-7	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	4
13	Frazier, Chester	21	0-0	0-1	0-0	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	0
5	Kulawick, Robert	20	0-1	4-6	0-0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	12
12	Jacobson, Ben	18	3-8	0-1	3-4	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	9
7	McNaughton, Christopher	17	6-9	0-0	2-2	4	4	8	2	3	0	0	14
33	Toppert, Cody	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	Meeks, Michael	3	0-0	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total			27-57	8-21	14-17	18	28	46	13	20	5	4	92

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Where I've Been

There's a ton more about Russia coming up in the next few days but after having a ton of traveling time to think about LIFE, I've re-learned that it's the simple joys in life that put a smile on my face...and one of those joys is updating my Where I've Been map. It's not everyday you get to go to Russia (thank God for that) but that doesn't change that it's a big chunk of my map...

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